Edward S  

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Instruments: Piano, Voice, Flute
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Musical Theater, Opera, Showtunes, Swing

My forty years teaching experience in music camps, public schools, and private studios includes general music, music theory, conducting, vocal, and instrumental instruction; coaching classes and individuals. Besides holding a Masters Degree in Music, I studied solfege, theory, and chamber music abroad and concertized as a chamber musician and soloist. Formal introduction to vocal study began with Richard Miller and Howard Hatton at the Oberlin Conservatory, and continued with Frank Baker in Vermont, Donald Bryant in Michigan, and Billie Lynn Daniels(Mrs. Andrew Frierson)in NYC. Flute studies include the master classes of Jean-Pierre Rampal, Michel Debost, and Edward Powell and formal study with Keith Bryan, Robert Willoughby, Judith Bentley, and Frances Shelly. Orchestral experience includes work with the Ann Arbor Symphony, under Edward Szabo, the Ann Arbor Chamber Orchestra, under Carl Daehler,and the Vermont Symphony, under Alan Carter. In addition, I have performed with the Current and Modern Consort of Ann Arbor(MI), Inter-Arts Associates of Detroit(MI) , and the Point Counter Point Chamber Players in Vermont. In New Mexico, I performed with the, now defunct, Santa Fe Canticum Novum as instrumentalist and vocalist, and am currently a 23 year member of De Profundis of Albuquerque. I teach music privately in the Santa Fe/Albuquerque area.

My supportive approach to teaching  begins with finding out where the student is in skill development and assessing the student's desire to learn or need for the subject matter, then assisting them, with materials and techniques, in learning the skills necessary for their chosen goals.For piano students several methods can be used: J.W.Schaum, John Thompson, Alfred Adult Course, etc. . For voice students, the Cocone, Vaccai, and Abt Methods can be applied. Flute student methods frequently employed are the Rubank Methods and The Wagner Elementary Method, with supplementary materials by Moyse, Taffanel-Gaubert, Karg,-Elert, and Hans Peter-Schmidt.